Haptic human-human interaction does not improve individual visuomotor adaptation.

ABSTRACT: Haptic interaction between two humans, for example, a physiotherapist assisting a patient regaining the ability to grasp a cup, likely facilitates motor skill acquisition. Haptic human-human interaction has been shown to enhance individual performance improvement in a tracking task with a visuomotor rotation perturbation. These results are remarkable given that haptically assisting or guiding an individual rarely benefits their individual improvement when the assistance is removed. We, therefore, replicated a study that reported that haptic interaction between humans was beneficial for individual improvement for tracking a target in a visuomotor rotation perturbation. In addition, we tested the effect of more interaction time and a stronger haptic coupling between the partners on individua

SUBMITTER: Beckers N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7670433 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature